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NOAA's National Climatic Data Center(NCDC) Educational Activities: SCHOLARS http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/edu.html
The activities have been developed to inform educators, students and the general public about the science and research at the NCDC. The topics discussed include climate, weather, and satellites. The activities extend what is taught in the classroom and are correlated to the National Science Education Standards. Many of the documents accessible from this page are PDF files and require Acrobat software.
Ology - http://ology.amnh.org/
from the American Museum of Natural History invites kids to explore archaeology, astronomy, biodiversity, Earth, Einstein, genetics, marine biology, paleontology, & other "ologies." Topics include the Incas, the ancient city of Petra, gravity, Mars, the Milky Way, tree of life, saving species, tectonic plates, rocks, deep sea vents, matter & energy, space & time, a genetic journey, a nature & nurture walk, quest for the perfect tomato, imagine it's 2020, worlds within the sea, ocean creatures, & fighting dinosaurs.
RadioSky - http://campus.pari.edu/radiosky/
Learn about light, radio teloscopy and stars. Incudes hands-on activities. Created by the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute.
The Science House - Inquiry Activities - http://www.science-house.org/learn/
A collection of activities, labeled by level for all topics. Includes Countertop Chemistry, Investigating the Ocean, Science of Sports and more.
Field Trip Earth - http://www.fieldtripearth.org
Field Trip Earth is the North Carolina Zoological Society's conservation education website. The website tracks field-based research programs going on around the world. The site monitors elephants in Africa, red wolves in North Carolina, and several others. There are thousands of articles and photos on the site, as well as video, datasets and maps. Many field researchers keep diaries on the site as well. There are also several interactive features, including an interview tool. Implementation strategies for K-12 teachers are also included.
Exploring Biotechnology - http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/mrglouie/index.cfm
Exploring Biotechnology is an award-winning (NC TIES Best Teacher Website Award of 2009) designed as classroom website to support middle-school biotechnology education. Unit plans with hyperlinks to interactive resources are provided. If you haven't seen Harvard BioVision's outstanding animation titled, "The Inner Life of the Cell" visit the Dancing Particles section of this website. It is highly recommended.
Molecular Visions - http://thesynapse.ning.com/group/biotechnologyscientificvisualizations
Molecular Visions is a teacher based social network (Ning) that is used to sharing our collections of the best educational videos, simulations and games for teaching to K-16 life science. Join us. Highly recommended.
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